Why walking dead killed Chandler Riggs

“The Walking Dead” was a pretty gloomy show that constantly killed the characters in hard, horrible ways. It was a show filled with monologues about how humanity is doomed to suffer. But there was one permanent source of hope throughout the series, which many fans were given for granted: a trusting young Carl (Chandler Riggs), who presented a new generation of survivors who grow up and take responsibility.

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While the generation of Rick has grown in comfort only to suddenly thrown into hell, the generation of Charles grew in hell and would live to resume itself. While most other young characters were crazy and/or died tragically, Carl managed to keep the mind for almost eight seasons. How bad it would, even when the group came across cannibals and dictators, the development of Charles in a cruel, courageous young man offered many promises in the world.

And then the “walking dead” killed him in the 8th season. In the finals in the middle of the season, “as it should be,” Karl revealed to bite the walker on his torso, which he received in the previous seemingly scene. Either, as would Chandler Riggs Describe it on Twitter after“If you spend 3 years in the apocalypse, but you die BC, you stumbled and fell.”

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Carl’s death that was inevitable after the bite discovered in the finals of the 8a season, did not end before the premiere of the 8b season, “Honor”, Where Carl shoots into the head to avoid turning into a walker. The episode was insufficiently perceived by fans. They thought the show descended into a full porn, and they wondered what the matter was in all the storylines of Carl if it did not lead somewhere. Carl’s Comics (who is experiencing the whole business) has its best arc The storyline of the whispersWhat the show hasn’t done yet. Why kill him before he could really get the time to shine?

“It is all Related to the greater history of the season ‘Shoerner Scott Himpl explained at the time. “It will be very obvious, the relationship of this horrible incident – this very intense story – to a bigger story. I don’t even need to answer because I know how you look in the next half of the season, what you get it. It’s all related to what’s happening throughout the season 8.”

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After finishing the 8 season “Walking Dead”, it is easy to understand what Gimple means: Carl can share a few coloring words with a growl before he dies, and these words motivate Ric to deprive the life of the unworthy Niang. You can say that there were probably the best ways to achieve this point, but I guess Carl’s death will at least do the job. Rick’s solutions in the finals of the season 8 lead to a tense post -war situation in the first half of the season 9 and paved the way for A convincing dynamics of Maggie/Neyana, which in turn led to his own spinaf.

COMMITS COMMITS ROBERT Kirkman too defended the decision Kill Carl, even if it meant that the main comic events should be changed:

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“There are great, huge stories you might think that they will be massively changed from the lack of Charles. But we knew that these story lines are coming for years. The plans to do it all work.

And I am sure that Carl’s future plot lines were absorbed by the new children’s hero Henry and after the middle of the season 9 times, the younger sister Carl Judit (Kayly Fleming). I would prefer Carl around – just as I would like if Beth did not die at this hospital – But the last seasons of the show have at least managed to do their best.

A great rumor about Carl’s death is that he was reduced to a behind -the -scenes conflict between Scott Hepam and Chandler Riggs. Or more precisely, between Hypam and Dad Chandler William Riggs. “Watching the Fire Hyps my son 2 weeks before his 18th anniversary after telling him that he wants him to be disappointed for the next 3 years” Riggs wrote At the time. “I never trusted Gimple or AMC, but Chandler did. I know how much he was harmed. But we absolutely know how lucky we became part of all this and appreciate all love from fans for all these years!”

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The theory in the Fundom of the “walking dead” was that Hymph considered William Riggs difficult to fight, and this influenced his decision. The second theory was that Chandler, who was 18 years old, was paid more than an adult actor, giving a mean performers a financial incentive to kill him. Chandler Riggs also sometimes meant all this dispute: when the editor complained about his acting in the Subreddit show, Riggs replied by saying“I agree, ha -h. I think I was decent for the first few years, but I was definitely lazy when I had to use writers who give me more material.” Later he added: “Tldr: Yes, I sucked when it had a meaning, but I am a good actor, I promise, please hire me.”

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But even through the years of the show, Riner claims that they just believed that Karl’s death is the best choice for a common story, not reflection on Riggs’ acting skills or what his father participated. How Gimple explained at the time:

“It was a turn of the story, that’s all. We didn’t get a request (from any actor) or something like that. It is connected with the story. Incredibly difficult to lose who you worked with it. It was a really difficult thing. We hope it’s a story worth it.”